Ontario’s new Construction Act received Royal Assent on December 12, 2017. Some of the new features were put into force in July 2018, with the bigger changes coming into effect in October 2019. While Ontario has taken the lead on reforms to the construction lien act, other provinces are following suit, including Quebec.

Find out about the biggest overhaul to the construction payment framework in over 30 years. Learn about prompt payment and what effect mandatory adjudication might have on construction projects in Ontario as well as in Quebec and across Canada.

Susan Klucinskas, P.Eng., is a Senior Consultant at Revay and Associates Limited, a firm specializing in dispute resolution and project management. She is a graduate of Building Engineering from Concordia University with over 25 years of experience in the preparation and evaluation of construction claims, scheduling and delay analysis, productivity analysis, budgeting, cost control and document control. Susan has been accepted as an expert on delay, productivity and damages. She recently completed a mandate acting as a contract administrator on a $4.1 billion greenfield mining project in Saskatchewan.